BI Bi Baileigh was a one man monologue about one person’s sexual identity. Baileigh is a veterinary undergraduate living in Camden (but there were a few references to Roydon). There were tales of gay liaisons and then straight liaisons and then a conclusion with a…

EXPERTS are finding fifteen times as much child sexual abuse material online as they were a decade ago, figures show reports The Guardian. The online safety organisation the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), said its analysts were facing a “tidal wave” of abuse material. It called…

IT is always so encouraging to see so much sport being played at Cooks Spinney Primary Academy. They are big advocates of the daily mile and have a whole host of sporting activities. The girls football team played six games last Friday and played brilliantly.…

THE DIRECTOR of Harlow and Gilston Garden Town, Naisha Polaine has worked in housing all her professional life. From being an area director for Homes and Communities Agency to being a non-executive director of housing developer, Hill Group. But perhaps the greatest challenge is her…

THE great thing about many of the performances in Theatre 2 is that they are ‘Pay What You Can” and you never know what you are going to get. Baileigh wants a husband, kids, a few animals and to settle down in a little cottage,…

A MAN was detained by police and taken to hospital after a car failed to stop between Harlow and Sawbridgeworth on Wednesday evening (Nov 10). The incident resulted in the main A1184 Harlow Road south of Sawbridgeworth being closed for several hours from its junction…

DO you recognise this man? Officers are looking to speak with him in connection with a theft from Sainsbury’s on Allende Avenue, Harlow. A large quantity of cash was taken from a till around 6.45pm on Thursday 9 September . If you recognise the man…

THE new Leader of Harlow Council, Cllr Russell Perrin, has appointed a new Cabinet today focussed absolutely on delivering on the people’s priorities and election pledges.  Cllr Perrin appointed both new members of the Cabinet and reshuffled the portfolio holder responsibilities to focus the new…

THERE must have been enormous pressure on the Livewire Theatre Company. The pressures of Covid cannot have been easy for such a gregarious theatre company where interaction, actually meeting and performing, is so important to them. There was also the fact that this performance was…

AN ambulance service has said its 999 call service “experienced a failure” on Wednesday afternoon.  The East of England Ambulance Service (EEAS) said emergency calls were “rerouted to neighbouring services”.  The ambulance trust said its national contingency plan was put in place after the failure…

HARLOW’S MP, Robert Halfon, this evening led a House of Commons debate on the provision of mental health counselling in schools. He secured the debate working with a senior Labour MP, Nick Brown, through the House of Commons Backbench Business Committee. Mr Halfon said that…

THE ST Nicholas’ school cross country team also performed admirably at the Harlow Schools Cross Country Championships. The event started at Burnt Mill Academy and the course wound its way around the Harlow Town Park. The Year 8/9 race was won by Alistair Mizon from…

THREE events are planned this week as Harlow remembers the fallen from the two world wars and later conflicts. Armistice Day on Thursday 11 November will see Harlow Council hold a small service outside the Civic Centre, which will include observing two minutes’ silence at…

Update: Statement from Essex Police We are investigating an assault which took place at the junction of Howard Way and First Avenue, Harlow, shortly before 7.45pm on Tuesday 9 November. The victim, a man aged in his 20s, sustained a head injury which was neither…